Singapore's ICA extends electronic arrival card trial for visitors

- A Monitor Report16 Sep, 2019 | 747 Views|-+

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Singapore : More visitors to Singapore will be able to submit electronic arrival cards as the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) launches the beta version of its SG Arrival Card e-service on August 14.

The service, available on ICA's website and as a mobile application, allows visitors travelling via selected transport operators to submit electronic arrival cards up to 14 days before they arrive in Singapore.

Visitors travelling on these transport operators and who submit the electronic arrival cards before arriving in Singapore will only need to produce their passports for immigration clearance, without having to fill in the paper arrival cards.

"The mobile application will also save previously submitted information for use on subsequent trips to Singapore," ICA said in a press release.

Foreign visitors who arrive in Singapore without completing the physical disembarkation/embarkation cards were allowed to submit an electronic arrival card at the checkpoint under a trial conducted by ICA since October last year. Singaporeans, permanent residents and long-term pass holders were not included in the trial.

In April, ICA announced that foreign travellers will no longer have their passports stamped when departing Singapore, as a way to streamline processes and speed up immigration clearance. Travellers who enroll their fingerprints in the BioScreen system upon arrival are eligible to use automated lanes when they leave Singapore.